Ascribed Identity-
Gender- Male, Age- 20, Race-Caucasian, Ethnicity- Irish
Avowal-
hardworking, honest, computer nerd
After twenty years I feel like I have a good understanding of my identity based on those things I was born as; a male, Caucasian, Irish and other ascribed identity. Generalizations persist with all of these such as males tending to be competitive, Caucasians as a majority in the United States, often are looked positively on by other Caucasians while there can be hostility from those of minority groups since many Caucasians look at them in this same way. As for being an Irish twenty-year old an assumption that can easily be made by others is that I’m a drinker and since I am in college that I party. Assumptions and generalizations can be heavy influences on ascribed identities, however that is if people live up to these things.
While these may have been things I was born as, I am also familiar with those avowal identities I have. Although these things are often changing based on day-to-day situations. A few of them consist of hardworking, honest, and enjoy working with or on computers. Like many people out there, I tend to push myself to get as far as I can in life making the best out of myself as well as my situations. I do this because I have often seen friends and family struggle with jobs since our economy has been fluctuating so highly. Pushing myself to work as hard as I can while not cutting down others to get a head, because to me this would not be an honest way of living. My mother has been one of my biggest influences in who I am today since she has always taught me that honesty will pay off one way or another in the future. While some of my closest friends have had a large influence on whom I want to be in the future as apposed to my career with computers. Yes, I do consider myself as a bit of a computer nerd while I do not consider myself as unsocial or by any means a strictly indoors kind of guy. I am also a communications minor so this is part of my way in showing that I have no problem talking to or communicating with others.
While there are many other things that are ascribed and avowal identities, as well as many between the two that overlap, the influences in my life are often those people who are close to me. While I tend to look for the best situations there are also identity flaws that I have picked up over my years of growing. I still have a long ways to go in life so who knows what identities I may adapt in the next year or even further down the line.
What identity traits do you think you will or would like to have as a part of your life in the future? What influence do you think can help you with these?
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I would like to be ascribed the identity of a high school English teacher. What will help me get there is completing my degree, getting a job, and maintaining that job so that people can associate me with that position. Being an English teacher is crucial to my future avowed identity, so I want also to be able to make it an ascribed identity as well.
ReplyDeleteI would like to be an ascribed identity of a successful leader. I can work towards this by completing my degree and attaining a career in the field I'd like. I would also work hard and respect those around me. It's hard to pick an identity to work toward, however, from an ascribed standpoint because our personal goals follow along more with our avowed identities.
ReplyDeleteI would like the ascribed identity of an elementart school teacher. I think schooling will be the best influcence on that. I also would like the ascribed identity of a mom. To become a mom I will need a strong relationship and a healthy home.
ReplyDeleteI would also like the identity of a teacher, mother, and a wife. I want to accomplish all three of these things in my lifetime and I would like to be proud of all of them. I am excited to get older and am excited to further my education to make these all possible. I think my family has a strong influence on these identities. My family is what influenced me to go to school and after seeing how strong my family is, it makes me want to start a family. I want to be a mother and I want to be a wife, and I want to have these identities placed on me.
ReplyDeleteI would like to have the ascribed identities of successful, mother, wife. I think that all of these things are important to me and I would like to have all of these identities in my life. I really cannot wait to get older so that I can become these things. I think that once I complete my degree that will help me get a job and become successful. When I get married, that will help me become a wife and mother.
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